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"Hell chicken" U.S. scientists discover dinosaurs

20 March 2014 Last updated 13:53 UTC clock

U.S. scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur, nicknamed the "Chicken of hell."

The Anzu wyliei is a strange bird-like creature with a "huge" beak and long tail like a lizard.

Was collected from the partial remains of three skeletons in North Dakota and South identified.

Professor Hans Seus, who studied some of the fossils at the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington DC, told Victoria Derbyshire BBC Radio 5 Live : "It's really weird looking kind of creature - even by the standards of the dinosaurs."

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